Om at committe sig til for meget/ About committing yourself to too much

Om at committe sig til for meget/ About committing yourself to too much





 Kender du det, at du igen sidder med en opgave eller et projekt, hvor du klør dig i nakken og tænker: Hvordan endte den her opgave hos mig? Du kan sådan set godt huske, du sagde ja til den, men du kan ikke helt huske hvorfor du sagde ja. Det har jeg nogen bud på. Jeg tror nemlig, at der var nogen ting, du glemte i processen.





  • Du glemte at overveje, om det var noget, der absolut skulle laves nu
  • Du glemte at stoppe op og tænke: Hov, måske X eller Y ville være bedre til at løse det her
  • Du gik helt med på præmissen om, at det var noget, der skulle laves.




 Måske skyndte du at sige ja til opgaven, fordi du simpelt hen godt kan lide at få noget fra hånden. Eller også sagde du ja til den, fordi du – måske lidt arrogant – tænkte, at du ville være bedst til løse den opgave. Men lad os nu sige, at du sagde ja til opgaven af alle de rette grunde, fik du så lavet en forventningsafstemning om, hvornår du kunne lave den og hvor lang tid, du ville bruge på den? Det gør du måske fremover nu? 





 About committing yourself to too much





Do you sometimes find yourself sitting with some project where you plain wonder: How on earth did this happen to end up with me? You do remember saying yes to it, but you can’t quite remember WHY you said yes. I have some idea as to why. You see, there were a few things you forgot in the process





  • You forgot to consider if it was something that needed doing now
  • You forgot to stop up and think: Well, wait a minute, perhaps X or Y would do this better
  • You completely bought the argument that this something needed doing




Perhaps you hurried up and said yes to doing it simply because you get some gratification from getting things done. Or perhaps you said yes to it because you – slightly arrogantly perhaps – thought that you’d be the best person for the job. But let’s say that you agreed to the job for all the right reasons did you align the expectations concerning when you could do it and how much time you’d be willing to spend doing it? Or maybe you will now?



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